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~I ~t>lufU'- H,: tNEnrE Mr.
IN I'll. ~lltc,ulh ,,utur, The Jesuit, e.
tthi~hej q cr,.n, ou ihc island nf Nj
Desert Iirrr fnr = Short tllnc thet lived
and iic.I their ser, iCr~. hu' after few
years entirely disappeared The Church
~ England and our own church were bill
represented hrr,. during the Colonial peri
I'D and untl the year I~1~ Th, Stone
chapel Of - >A,iour'~ was then com
pi.'c'l III bar iIarhor. and ih, church thus
- ncd her fr~t lnu'h"ld upon The island
hl- r!lHcr A4N pu5.t cutir,l, ty and
i"r summer guests. those who fatbvrcI
;hf enterprise mytir>lls expecting nothiu.
''et und Summer ~rr>ir'> held hy ~ugnr t,iu-
l"fa-} lar@mhon'. iiorc'r- the present
Siding permanently NJ bar lIarbor aud of
holding regular weekly ~crS ice> there
beginning with no uurv church people
than a f,,s members Of the clergyman
family aid one inIrm Engli,h"onan. -
>atiuur'~ NOW clajm~ seven nj score Of COM
uuuicauj, and resident congregation of
encouraging -ikr and regular attendance
Iut- church originally accommodated per
hap- - clo-cly-croWdcd wor~hircr~
Bat Last year tGi~ capacity wa Increased
tn about -t.l ht various alterations and adj
dlt5oii~ THAT hay, made tho building cruci-
form u shape
Ii8, bar5,h j.. uuminaly mission IN
,ltr thy jurisdiction Of the Bishop II
Na5u. who ha> placed the management Of
it- temporal affair ia the hands Of com
u.ttt,-iu.chArSr, gentlemen residing iu
The larger cities 81 the Inion and ap-
pointed ig the bishop himself. The prr~-
,mt coiuiuitiry-in n-charge comprises Me--r~-
David Il ogden Gardiner sherman AND
~aluu,! t. l.ynm lately deceased uf NV
YORK John DckosrH of Chicago Edward
COLES Of Philadelphia. Francis W Law
renee Of Boston and Walter L. Nan" If
NrNp"ri i
Church work al Bar iarbor exists SOLELY
through voluntary offerings II summer
pari~liaucr~ who are - numerous That
isc SUNDAY services are scarcely enough
to accommodate them Indeed the qur~-
f.sn has once aud again. arisen whether
further enlargement i not the next thing
iii order
- Sayiuur'> j. built Of red. untrimme'i
island granite AMI j. finished IN the rough
both outside and inside. The roof and All
the wood work j. stained with a rich
blark-hrpvm that forms a pleasing CON
,ra,t ID the light hue Of the stone work.
The body Of Mr.. Goutcrneur Morris
ogden chairman and treasurer Of the ir>i
cgIuu!ittt.,-in-c charge. and late Nr>tryman
81 OBI !rinity New York. lies buried IN
tho centre uf tic nave, hi> grave being
marked 5y .r appropriate brass table,
sunk m tho aisle.
The handsome. Italian marble altar wa,
given hN hi- wife and children in memory
0l Mr.. ogden, who was, perhaps The
: prime mover in the erection of the churcl
and than whom, most certainly. non'
other had its welfare more al heart There
are also. numerous other giit>, memurla
or otherwise from summer guests amon-
them "A tiue brass tablet presented by Mr.
Gardiner Sherman brass candclabra from
Mr.. John De k0yen; beautiful stained
.la~s window from Dr. WIN. Todd ilcl
muth Of New York, and handsome alta
q vases and an altar cross, the offerings o
I several of the congregation through Mrs
NJ. Il. Evans Of New York.
= Within the past few weeks Mr.. j. Mont
9 eomery Scar. Of Boston (who lately re
! signed from the committee-in-charge ha
n given To the church an additional portion
of very valuable land, thus increasing III
Size of the hitherto contracted church lot
The Hook Hastings pipe-organ is ais
another gift of Mr. and Mrs Sears.
Philadelphia society. formed for the pun
pose has lately added greatly to the SUI
plv of vestments and altar cloths of 81
Sayiour's.
An OUTLYING mission of the parish ha
been doing good work at Hulrs Cove
some three and half miles distant froI
Bar Harbor.
. ST MARY s-fY-THE-sEA.
About eleven miles from Bar Harbor
Northeast Harbor the charming site of a
- equally charming summer colony who's
pioneer was the Bishop of Albany. Bisho
Doane had been at Northeast Harbc
scarcely a month, when he and his friend
7 decided to institute efforts for the erecuo
4 Of q church in this village. These effort
n were crowned with success, and on ii
e eleventh Sunday after Trinity. August q
: 1852. the lovely little wooden chapel of 5
Mary's-by -the-Sea was consecrated by I'll
= bishop.
The exterior Of ST. Marys is finished
I spruce and hemlock slabs. well-Olied I
bring out their rich color. The interior
of open timber. Instrumental in il
erection were many both Of the summ'
guests and of the permanent residents
y Northeast Harbor, who offered gifts {
:, either time, money, or those various art
4 cles of outfit that go to make st. Mary
the completely equipped house of worsh
= that it is. One very great source OF ne
Il was the liberal bequest OF Mrs. Mary
# Perkins. All subsequent pecuniary d
. fciency was supplied by her husband, NJ
= Edward n Perkins, half-brother of Bisho
Il Doane Still another great assistance
S the work was the gift of the church L
c from the bishops younger daughter, MI
Margaret Harrison Doane, and from re
{. dent of Northeast Harbor, Mr.. Stepht
e Smallidge. The names of Mrs PerkiI
. and of Miss Doane (who died in 1888
Northeast Harbor) are kept alive to wo
shippers in the chapel-the first in the a
pellation '.St. Mary's-by-the-Sea," Il
second by the polished and noble red gra
ite Iona cross that guards the restin